| Pythagorean Projections for ND Football | |||||||||||
| Season | Coach | Games | PF | PA | Wins | Win % | Ex. W | Ex. W% | Diff. | Next Yr | Imprv. |
| 1918 | ROCKNE | 6 | 133 | 39 | 3 | .500 | 5.41 | .901 | -.401 | 1.000 | +.500 |
| 1919 | ROCKNE | 9 | 229 | 47 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.51 | .945 | +.055 | 1.000 | +.000 |
| 1920 | ROCKNE | 9 | 250 | 44 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.62 | .958 | +.042 | .909 | -.091 |
| 1921 | ROCKNE | 11 | 375 | 41 | 10 | .909 | 10.80 | .982 | -.073 | .800 | -.109 |
| 1922 | ROCKNE | 10 | 222 | 27 | 8 | .800 | 9.78 | .978 | -.178 | .900 | +.100 |
| 1923 | ROCKNE | 10 | 275 | 37 | 9 | .900 | 9.74 | .974 | -.074 | 1.000 | +.100 |
| 1924 | ROCKNE | 10 | 285 | 54 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.52 | .952 | +.048 | .700 | -.300 |
| 1925 | ROCKNE | 10 | 200 | 64 | 7 | .700 | 8.86 | .886 | -.186 | .900 | +.200 |
| 1926 | ROCKNE | 10 | 212 | 38 | 9 | .900 | 9.57 | .957 | -.057 | .778 | -.122 |
| 1927 | ROCKNE | 9 | 158 | 57 | 7 | .778 | 7.76 | .862 | -.085 | .556 | -.222 |
| 1928 | ROCKNE | 9 | 99 | 107 | 5 | .556 | 4.19 | .465 | +.090 | 1.000 | +.444 |
| 1929 | ROCKNE | 9 | 145 | 38 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.26 | .918 | +.082 | 1.000 | +.000 |
| 1930 | ROCKNE | 10 | 265 | 74 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.09 | .909 | +.091 | .667 | -.333 |
| 1931 | ANDERSON | 9 | 215 | 40 | 6 | .667 | 8.58 | .954 | -.287 | .778 | +.111 |
| 1932 | ANDERSON | 9 | 255 | 31 | 7 | .778 | 8.80 | .978 | -.200 | .333 | -.444 |
| 1933 | ANDERSON | 9 | 32 | 80 | 3 | .333 | 1.45 | .161 | +.172 | .667 | +.333 |
| 1934 | LAYDEN | 9 | 108 | 56 | 6 | .667 | 6.89 | .765 | -.099 | .778 | +.111 |
| 1935 | LAYDEN | 9 | 143 | 62 | 7 | .778 | 7.36 | .818 | -.040 | .667 | -.111 |
| 1936 | LAYDEN | 9 | 128 | 69 | 6 | .667 | 6.77 | .753 | -.086 | .667 | +.000 |
| 1937 | LAYDEN | 9 | 77 | 49 | 6 | .667 | 6.24 | .693 | -.026 | .889 | +.222 |
| 1938 | LAYDEN | 9 | 149 | 39 | 8 | .889 | 8.26 | .918 | -.029 | .778 | -.111 |
| 1939 | LAYDEN | 9 | 100 | 73 | 7 | .778 | 5.74 | .638 | +.140 | .778 | +.000 |
| 1940 | LAYDEN | 9 | 168 | 67 | 7 | .778 | 7.56 | .840 | -.062 | .889 | +.111 |
| 1941 | LEAHY | 9 | 189 | 64 | 8 | .889 | 7.88 | .875 | +.014 | .636 | -.253 |
| 1942 | LEAHY | 11 | 184 | 99 | 7 | .636 | 8.29 | .753 | -.117 | .900 | +.264 |
| 1943 | LEAHY | 10 | 340 | 69 | 9 | .900 | 9.46 | .946 | -.046 | .800 | -.100 |
| 1944 | McKEEVER | 10 | 272 | 118 | 8 | .800 | 8.18 | .818 | -.018 | .700 | -.100 |
| 1945 | DEVORE | 10 | 255 | 122 | 7 | .700 | 7.90 | .790 | -.090 | .889 | +.189 |
| 1946 | LEAHY | 9 | 271 | 24 | 8 | .889 | 8.89 | .987 | -.099 | 1.000 | +.111 |
| 1947 | LEAHY | 9 | 291 | 52 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.61 | .957 | +.043 | .900 | -.100 |
| 1948 | LEAHY | 10 | 320 | 93 | 9 | .900 | 9.02 | .902 | -.002 | 1.000 | +.100 |
| 1949 | LEAHY | 10 | 360 | 86 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.29 | .929 | +.071 | .444 | -.556 |
| 1950 | LEAHY | 9 | 139 | 140 | 4 | .444 | 4.47 | .497 | -.052 | .700 | +.256 |
| 1951 | LEAHY | 10 | 241 | 122 | 7 | .700 | 7.73 | .773 | -.073 | .700 | +.000 |
| 1952 | LEAHY | 10 | 183 | 108 | 7 | .700 | 7.21 | .721 | -.021 | .900 | +.200 |
| 1953 | LEAHY | 10 | 317 | 139 | 9 | .900 | 8.15 | .815 | +.085 | .900 | +.000 |
| 1954 | BRENNAN | 10 | 231 | 115 | 9 | .900 | 7.78 | .778 | +.122 | .800 | -.100 |
| 1955 | BRENNAN | 10 | 210 | 112 | 8 | .800 | 7.56 | .756 | +.044 | .200 | -.600 |
| 1956 | BRENNAN | 10 | 130 | 289 | 2 | .200 | 1.92 | .192 | +.008 | .700 | +.500 |
| 1957 | BRENNAN | 10 | 200 | 136 | 7 | .700 | 6.67 | .667 | +.033 | .600 | -.100 |
| 1958 | BRENNAN | 10 | 206 | 173 | 6 | .600 | 5.78 | .578 | +.022 | .500 | -.100 |
| 1959 | KUHARICH | 10 | 169 | 180 | 5 | .500 | 4.72 | .472 | +.028 | .200 | -.300 |
| 1960 | KUHARICH | 10 | 111 | 188 | 2 | .200 | 2.79 | .279 | -.079 | .500 | +.300 |
| 1961 | KUHARICH | 10 | 175 | 182 | 5 | .500 | 4.82 | .482 | +.018 | .500 | +.000 |
| 1962 | KUHARICH | 10 | 159 | 192 | 5 | .500 | 4.16 | .416 | +.084 | .222 | -.278 |
| 1963 | DEVORE | 9 | 108 | 159 | 2 | .222 | 2.99 | .333 | -.110 | .900 | +.678 |
| 1964 | PARSEGHIAN | 10 | 287 | 77 | 9 | .900 | 9.14 | .914 | -.014 | .700 | -.200 |
| 1965 | PARSEGHIAN | 10 | 270 | 73 | 7 | .700 | 9.13 | .913 | -.213 | .900 | +.200 |
| 1966 | PARSEGHIAN | 10 | 362 | 38 | 9 | .900 | 9.83 | .983 | -.083 | .800 | -.100 |
| 1967 | PARSEGHIAN | 10 | 337 | 124 | 8 | .800 | 8.58 | .858 | -.058 | .700 | -.100 |
| 1968 | PARSEGHIAN | 10 | 376 | 170 | 7 | .700 | 8.07 | .807 | -.107 | .727 | +.027 |
| 1969 | PARSEGHIAN | 11 | 351 | 134 | 8 | .727 | 9.35 | .850 | -.123 | .909 | +.182 |
| 1970 | PARSEGHIAN | 11 | 354 | 108 | 10 | .909 | 9.84 | .894 | +.015 | .800 | -.109 |
| 1971 | PARSEGHIAN | 10 | 225 | 86 | 8 | .800 | 8.50 | .850 | -.050 | .727 | -.073 |
| 1972 | PARSEGHIAN | 11 | 289 | 192 | 8 | .727 | 7.44 | .676 | +.051 | 1.000 | +.273 |
| 1973 | PARSEGHIAN | 11 | 382 | 89 | 11 | 1.000 | 10.26 | .932 | +.068 | .833 | -.167 |
| 1974 | PARSEGHIAN | 12 | 318 | 147 | 10 | .833 | 9.61 | .800 | +.033 | .727 | -.106 |
| 1975 | DEVINE | 11 | 244 | 144 | 8 | .727 | 7.93 | .721 | +.006 | .750 | +.023 |
| 1976 | DEVINE | 12 | 294 | 158 | 9 | .750 | 9.04 | .754 | -.004 | .917 | +.167 |
| 1977 | DEVINE | 12 | 420 | 139 | 11 | .917 | 10.56 | .880 | +.037 | .750 | -.167 |
| 1978 | DEVINE | 12 | 293 | 197 | 9 | .750 | 8.06 | .671 | +.079 | .636 | -.114 |
| 1979 | DEVINE | 11 | 243 | 197 | 7 | .636 | 6.53 | .593 | +.043 | .750 | +.114 |
| 1980 | DEVINE | 12 | 248 | 128 | 9 | .750 | 9.20 | .767 | -.017 | .455 | -.295 |
| 1981 | FAUST | 11 | 232 | 160 | 5 | .455 | 7.27 | .661 | -.207 | .545 | +.091 |
| 1982 | FAUST | 11 | 206 | 174 | 6 | .545 | 6.33 | .575 | -.030 | .583 | +.038 |
| 1983 | FAUST | 12 | 316 | 177 | 7 | .583 | 8.87 | .739 | -.156 | .583 | +.000 |
| 1984 | FAUST | 12 | 299 | 239 | 7 | .583 | 7.19 | .599 | -.016 | .455 | -.129 |
| 1985 | FAUST | 11 | 220 | 234 | 5 | .455 | 5.19 | .472 | -.018 | .455 | +.000 |
| 1986 | HOLTZ | 11 | 299 | 219 | 5 | .455 | 7.00 | .637 | -.182 | .667 | +.212 |
| 1987 | HOLTZ | 12 | 339 | 218 | 8 | .667 | 8.27 | .689 | -.022 | 1.000 | +.333 |
| 1988 | HOLTZ | 12 | 393 | 156 | 12 | 1.000 | 10.09 | .841 | +.159 | .923 | -.077 |
| 1989 | HOLTZ | 13 | 427 | 189 | 12 | .923 | 10.56 | .813 | +.110 | .750 | -.173 |
| 1990 | HOLTZ | 12 | 359 | 259 | 9 | .750 | 7.71 | .643 | +.107 | .769 | +.019 |
| 1991 | HOLTZ | 13 | 465 | 289 | 10 | .769 | 9.12 | .702 | +.067 | .833 | +.064 |
| 1992 | HOLTZ | 12 | 437 | 181 | 10 | .833 | 9.96 | .830 | +.003 | .917 | +.083 |
| 1993 | HOLTZ | 12 | 427 | 215 | 11 | .917 | 9.30 | .775 | +.142 | .500 | -.417 |
| 1994 | HOLTZ | 12 | 342 | 280 | 6 | .500 | 7.07 | .589 | -.089 | .750 | +.250 |
| 1995 | HOLTZ | 12 | 392 | 247 | 9 | .750 | 8.36 | .697 | +.053 | .727 | -.023 |
| 1996 | HOLTZ | 11 | 399 | 181 | 8 | .727 | 8.86 | .806 | -.079 | .538 | -.189 |
| 1997 | DAVIE | 13 | 282 | 262 | 7 | .538 | 6.93 | .533 | +.005 | .750 | +.212 |
| 1998 | DAVIE | 12 | 320 | 248 | 9 | .750 | 7.35 | .613 | +.137 | .417 | -.333 |
| 1999 | DAVIE | 12 | 348 | 331 | 5 | .417 | 6.27 | .523 | -.106 | .750 | +.333 |
| 2000 | DAVIE | 12 | 353 | 267 | 9 | .750 | 7.48 | .623 | +.127 | .455 | -.295 |
| 2001 | DAVIE | 11 | 214 | 215 | 5 | .455 | 5.48 | .498 | -.043 | .769 | +.315 |
| 2002 | WILLINGHAM | 13 | 290 | 217 | 10 | .769 | 8.16 | .628 | +.142 | .417 | -.353 |
| 2003 | WILLINGHAM | 12 | 243 | 315 | 5 | .417 | 4.62 | .385 | +.031 | .500 | +.083 |
| 2004 | WILLINGHAM | 12 | 289 | 289 | 6 | .500 | 6.00 | .500 | +.000 | ? | |